Re: [Groff] formatting in troff

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Divya,

> can anyone please tell me that what is wrong with the following 'nr'
> command in the example given below:

No, but have you tried adding debug lines like

    .tm \n(wi

to help you see the numbers calculated or used in the calculation.

> When the try to execute the command:
> tbl tblexample | nroff -me | col | more -sv
> 
> The table is misaligned and every row starts at a different position.

Does PostScript output with troff look OK?  If so, that may point to the
way you're viewing nroff's output with col and more.

> the table tht i get is as follows:
> 
> .FD Arg.     Hyphens      Adjusted     Text In-     Label Jus-
>                                               dented       tified
>       0            .nh          .ad          Yes          Left
>      1            .hy          .ad          Yes          Left
>     2            .nh          .na          Yes          Left
>    3            .hy          .na          Yes          Left
>   4            .nh          .ad          No           Left
>  5            .hy          .ad          No           Left
> 6            .nh          .na          No            Left
> 7            .hy          .na          No            Left
> 8            .nh          .ad          Yes           Right
> 9            .hy          .ad          Yes           Right
> 10           .nh          .na          Yes           Right
> 11           .hy          .na          Yes           Right

This similiar example works OK.  I had to put spaces after, e.g., `.ll',
to stop groff warnings.

    $ cat divya
    .ll 80-2
    .nr ps 0
    .nr tm 0
    .in 7
    Reset footnote counter on first-level heading\&.
    .nr wi (\n(.l-\n(.i)/5-(5m-1m)
    .(b
    .in -4
    .TS
    tab( );
    lw(\n(wiu) lw(\n(wiu) lw(\n(wiu) lw(\n(wiu) lw(\n(wiu).
    abc def ghi jkl mno
    def ghi jkl mno abc
    ghi jkl mno abc def
    jkl mno abc def ghi
    mno abc def ghi jkl
    .TE
    Almost the end.
    .)b
    The end.
    $ tbl divya | nroff -me | grep .
           Reset footnote counter on first-level heading.
           abc          def          ghi          jkl           mno
           def          ghi          jkl          mno           abc
           ghi          jkl          mno          abc           def
           jkl          mno          abc          def           ghi
           mno          abc          def          ghi           jkl
           Almost the end.
           The end.

Cheers,


Ralph.